Created by: paul01234
Number of Blossarys: 51
The Pope who crowned Charles the Great (Charlemagne) and in return received recognition and a portion of the glory of Charlemagne's empire.
In recent memory he is one of the best and most charismatic popes to have been. He had a hand in the collapse of several dictatorships as well as a very active life before becoming a pope, such that ...
Confirmed the right to abdicate and used it a week after this decree. Imprisoned by Pope Boniface VIII afterwards and, according to some interpretations of Dante, resides in Limbo, the antechamber of ...
Notable because during his term, he was arrested because Christians were still being persecuted. He resigned so that a new pope could be chosen, and he is considered to be the first pope to resign.
His legacy as Martin Luther's antagonist and excommunicator causes him to be remembered as one of the worse popes. Another quote attributed to him describing his approach to papacy is "Since God has ...
During the years 955-964, he was the temporal and spiritual ruler of Rome, and allowed moral corruption to run rampant during his reign. In addition he was reported to have killed several people, or ...
The current pope as of this writing, Pope Francis is well known for being humble (such as getting rid of most of the golden decorations around his person) as well as being more connected to the ...